I will be purchasing some headers after I get paid on the 30th and I will attempt tuning everything for them myself since this is probably the simplest starter way to learn. What exactly do I need to look out for and what tables do I need to be changing etc. I haven't really found any YouTube videos on it but please point my in the right direction and I will start watching and listening. I don't have the software in front of me so I couldn't tell you exactly how to turn off the codes but I think I remember you just click on them and put no error or no fault? Something along those lines.

The codes I think will be the easy part obviously but just the change in airflow that is where experiences sort of vary and I'll have to change stuff according to my application.
Damn I suck at putting my thoughts on paper but you get the jist


Before Red comes in here telling me to change my knock sensor first. That is the plan this weekend if I get my wheels back

 

As someone who *actually* melted down a fully forged mill back in my Saturn days- I do not suggest learning to tune yourself

Hire a tuner, imo. A good one. A tune might be expensive, a motor is expensiver

 

I mean I have a tuner I can ask him and he might do it for free. Pretty sure my headers aren't going to melt my engine though

I could tell you the same thing about mechanic work. An engine swap is expensive but your time, effort and money are expensiver.

 

Your headers wont melt down the engine

but you ******* with things you arent familiar with might

If you're gonna "go there" about the money and time thing; just stop there you're in the wrong hobby if you think there is any ROI in this hobby

I spend my time on this because if I didnt... I would regret it

 

Can't remember if you said you have a wideband or not but that's important. I just changed my exhaust and when I ran some data logs I noticed the truck was around 6% lean in a lot of areas especially mid-range. A couple of quick changes to the VE table and it was back to 1-2% error max which is good IMO. I haven't tried to add any more timing but I don't think it wants/needs more so I'm happy with it for now. I had no weird driveability issues after the exhaust change just a tad leaner than I'd want.

This is the perfect minor mod to practice your tuning skills IMO.

 

You went there first about the money lol

Who said anything about ROI XD you get a fat 15% depreciation once you purchase a part, 25% once you install it, and 50% if you ran it!

But that is why I asked rather than just go in there and **** around with it myself. It's a forum where I can post **** before I go all crazy and just edit everything alone. There are people here I can say "Hey bro what do you think about this?" or "Okay not sure if I am doing this correctly what should I do?"

If your advice is continue to pay for tunes and yada yada yada then yes I completely understand where you are coming from but I think that is quite close minded of you. Every single hobby could be taken the same way and especially cars/trucks. Next time you have a question about some mechanical work I'll just drop that bomb on you "Hehe yeah just take it to a mechanic brah you could kill yourself if you forget to grease your ball joints hehe" Pretty dumb opinion, in my opinion

 

I do not have a wideband but I was actually thinking about picking one up if y'all deemed it useful enough, I had left it a while back because I was trying to save money lol

 

I would not try to tune without one

 

10-4 I will pick one up. I'm assuming it is fine to tune the codes out and run the headers for a while or should I just wait for everything to come in?

 

So many people run around with headers, exhaust, intakes, yada yada and don't ever tune for it so I'd assume it would be fine for a little while.